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Basic Beef Stew

Category: Soups

Author: The Savvybearcat

Date: 1/1/2007

Rating:

(3.0) by 1 users

Ingredients:

2 lb Boneless chuck 1 1/2" thick
4 Thick bacon slices
2 large Yellow onions
2 large Cloves of garlic
3 tbsp Flour
3/4 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Pepper
2 cup Beef broth
1/2 cup Red wine, beer, more broth
2 Parsley sprigs
2 tsp Fresh tyme or 1/2 ts. dried
6 large Carrots
2 large Baking potatoes
8 oz Frozen pearl onions
Chopped parsley for garnish
Cooked egg noodles or rice

Instructions:

Trim of all fat from beef chuck. Cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces. Pat meat
dry with toweling. Cut bacon into 1/4 wide strips. Cut large onions
into 1/4 inch wide wedges. Mince garlic. Cook bacon in a heavy
bottomed 4 1/2 quart dutch oven, until crisp. Remove pieces with
sloted spoon. Pour bacon fat into a bowl. Return 1 tbsp fat to pan.
Heat over medium-high heat. Add enough beef cubes to cover bottom of
pan. Cook, turning cubes with tongs, until browned on all sides. As
beef cubes brown remove from pan and add uncooked beef until all
pieces are done. Add bacon fat as needed to keep meat from sticking.
Remove all meat from pan. Add 1 tbsp bacon fat. Add onion wedges and
cook until onion wilts and is golden brown. Add garlic and cook and
stir for one minute. Return meat to pan. Add salt, pepper, and flour.
Cook and stirover medium heat to brown the flour slightly, about
three minutes. Pour broth and wine, if used, into pan so meat is
barely covered. Stir well to scrape browned bits from bottom of pan.
Stir in parsley and thyme. Bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to
very low. Cover pan and let simmer for until meat is almost tender,
about 1 1/2 hours. Shortly before meat is tender, peel carrots, and
potatoes. Cut into pieces. Stir into meat mixture. Continue cooking
until carrots and potatoes are tender but not mushy, about 20
minutes. Heat any remaining bacon fat in a large skillet, add pearl
onions and cook, stirring, until onions are golden on all sides. Stir
onions into stew. Cook five minutes. Sprinkle stew with crisp bacon
pieces and chopped parsley. Sevre over cooked noodles or rice.